Floral Wall Hanging

France

1775 - 1799

  • Titles Floral Wall Hanging (Descriptive)
  • Medium tapestry
  • Dimensions 106 × 46 1/2 in. (269.2 × 118.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Bequest of Rena McMurry Hill, 1974.23
  • Work Type tapestry
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment

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Chatelaine, Wedgwood, stoneware (jasperware) and cut steel
Rectangular tablet of solid light blue jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration depicting five of the nine Muses—Erato with her kithara, Muse of choral dance and song; Melpomene holding a dagger, Muse of tragedy; Calliope writing, Muse of epic poetry; Thalia holding a comic mask, Muse of comedy; and Urania next to her globe, Muse of astronomy.
Figure modeled after the statuette of Vischer on the Sebaldus Tomb in the Church of St. Sebald in Nuremberg.
Fairy lustre vase